brief hiatus

collocation in English

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brief
adjective
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/briːf/us
/briːf/
lasting only a short time or containing ...
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hiatus
noun[C usually singular]
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/haɪˈeɪ.təs/us
/haɪˈeɪ.t̬əs/
a short pause in which nothing happens or is said, or a space where something ...
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(Definition ofbriefandhiatusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Because of some scheduling problems, there was abriefhiatus.
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Seen from this perspective, independence was not a major rupture with a colonial past, but abriefhiatus in which scientific priorities and concerns could be challenged, if very temporarily.
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After abriefhiatus, the game was resurrected in 1948 and played continuously until 1995.
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After abriefhiatusfrom the series, he returned determined to be more independent.
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The series was put on abriefhiatusin late-2013 due to low ratings.
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First held in 1983, there was abriefhiatusbefore the second edition in 1986.
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There was abriefhiatusin the production to accommodate their honeymoon.
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The album failed to gain radio popularity and the band went on abriefhiatus.
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The depression has lasted since, apart from abriefhiatusaround the end of the last century.
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After abriefhiatusin claimed incidents, the group resurfaced in the summer of 2011 with church attacks.
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Sometime after this, the band experienced abriefhiatusto allow members to relax from the strains of touring.
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Around this time, he took abriefhiatusfrom recording.
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There was abriefhiatusuntil popular demand saw it revived for a final series in 1978.
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Numerous novelists took abriefhiatusfrom writing.
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After the birth of her second child, she took abriefhiatusfrom acting.
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Since nothing interesting turned up, he took abriefhiatus, still reading scripts.
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After that, he took abriefhiatusfrom acting.
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The promotion went on abriefhiatusthat summer.
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The gale's winds swept toward the southeast with abriefhiatusin the early evening.
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The trio took abriefhiatusin 2008, rarely performing live.
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